Pie dish or package



R. E. RUTLEDGE PIE DISH OR 'PACKAGE sep-t. 25, 1934.

Filed April 50 j ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. V, '1934 '1,974,898 l rm msn on PACKAGE nobel-c E. Rutledge, Kalamazoo, Mien., signor to Sutherland Paper Company,

Mich.

Application April 30, 1934, Serial No. 723,12

7' Claims. (Cl. 22S-2.5)

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a merchandising pie dish or package'which'is well adapted for the reception of baked goods and the like while hot from the 5 oven and retains its attractive appearance.

Y Second, to provide a pressed paper container of this character conformed to emciently ventilate the baked goods and to protect the same from the moisture of condensation formed between the lo goods and the container.

Third, t provide a package for baked goods and the like having the above desirable features and characteristics and which is simple and economical in construction and very efficient and ef- ,35 fective for the purpose intended.

Objects relating to details and economies of my invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

.A structure which is a preferred embodiment oi my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

i Fig. 1 is an enlarged transverse section of a' pressed paper container .embodying the features 5 of my invention, taken on a line corresponding to line 1-1 of Fig. 2, thev baked goods, 'a pie, being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan vtailler. 3@ Eig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section of my container, the thickness of the stock being exaggerated.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on aline corresponding to line 4-4 of Figs.2and 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view. Referring to the drawing, the'iilustrated embodiment of my invention comprises a pressed 'paper container'i in the form of a pie plate or 4@ dish having an elevated central bottom portion 2 providing V4a continuous annular channel 3 between such portion and the sloping wailA of the container. The wall terminates in an arched rim 5, the rixn being arched to strengthen the structure.

The wall of the container is corrugated. to provide radial flutes 6 extending from the channel 3 to the rim 5 of the container. These flutes coact 'with the channel to ventilate the body 16 of hot view of my improved con- '50 baked goods placed in the container to cool and for merchandising. In the illustrated embodiment, the body of hot baked goods is a pie as shown. v y

My container is formed o! stock having an outer hard sized or a considerable quantity moisture-resisting layer or stratum '1 and a soft inner unsized or moistureabsorbing layer or stratum 8. The container is formed of stock, one side of which has this waterresisting quality and the other the water or moisture-absorbing quality, there being preferably several strata or layers of increasing-hardness or water-resisting qualities from the inside out, the intermediate strata being indicated at 9. This formation of the paper may be accomplished in the paper-making machine by. arranging the forming cylinders in tandem 'soth'at the pulp from the diierent cylinders isldeposited in succession as superimposed layers on the same felt, and by regulating the amount of sizing in the successive tanks or cylinder vats, the character of the r product may be very effectively controlled so that the desired stock is secured with the moistureabsorbing inner surface and amoisture-resis'ting outer surface, as stated,I

It is customary for bakers to turn out baked goods from the sheet metal pans used in baking to cool in the packages I'or containers in which the baked goods are to be sold. In the past, this has resulted in a certain amount of the moisture of condensation between the container and the goods being soaked up by the goods owing to the moisture resisting. properties of the container. This undesirable feature has been present especially in pies where the latter have been turned out of the baking tins directly into pressed paper pie plates.

)In the past, the pressed paper pie plates have been Vmade of hard sized layers throughout or with a hard sized inner layer which comes in contact with the pie. Thus, 'in the past, the moisture of condensation was taken up by the bottom crust of. the pie to the damage of the latter. By providing an unsized or absorbent' inner stratum for contact with the baked goods, I

provide `means forvprotecting the latter from the vixnoisture of condensation formed at the point of contact of the baked goods therewith. The unsized or absorbent inner stratum of paper absorbs or blots up the moisture of condensation,-

leaving the bottom of the pie dry. The hard sized outer 1stratum of paper acts to prevent such moisture from permeating through the container and weakening the latter and/orinjuring its appearance. It is thus seen that my container not only protects the baked goods from moisture, but holdsits shape and is structurally strong even though of moisture is absorbed by the inner layers or strata, and the package retains its attractive appearance.

I have illustrated and desc -bed my improveips -prising a pressed paper container in the form ments in an embodiment which I have found very practical. I haveE not attempted to illustrate or describe other embodiments or adaptations, as it is'Y believed this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to embody or adapt my improvements as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A package for baked goods and the like comof a plate or dish having an elevated central bottom portion providing an annular channel between such portion and the sloping Wall of the container, the wall having corrugations forming radial utes extending from said channel to the rim of the container, the rim being arched to strengthen the structure, said channel and flutes acting to vent-ilate a body of hot baked goods placed in the container to cool, and the paper of the container having a hard sized stratum at its outer surface and a substantially unsized stratum at its inner surface, the degree of sizing increasing from the unsized inner stratum to the hard sized outer stratum, whereby the moisture of condensation formed at the point of contact of the body of baked goods with the container is absorbed by the unsized inner stratum, the hard sized outer stratum acting to prevent such moisture from permeating the container.

2. A package for lbaked goods and the like comprising a pressed paper container in the form of a plate or dish, the paper of the container having a hard sized stratum at its outer surface and a substantially unsized stratum at its inner surface, the degree of sizing increasing from the unsized inner stratum to the hard sized outer stratum, whereby the moisture of condensation formed at the point of contact of the body of the baked goods with the container is absorbed by the unsized inner stratum, the hard sized outer stratum acting to prevent such moisture from permeating the container.

3. A package for baked goods and the like comprising a pressed paper container, the paper Vtum at its inner surface, whereby the moisture of condensation formed at the point of contact of the body of baked goods with the container is absorbed by the unsized inner stratum, the hard sized outer stratum acting to prevent such moisture from permeating the container.

4. A package for receiving hot baked goods for cooling, comprising paper having a hard sized stratum at its outer surface and a substantially unsized stratum at its inner surface, the degree of sizing increasing from the unsized inner stratum to the hard sized outer stratum through intermediate strata, whereby the moisture of condensation formed at the point of contact of the body of baked goods with the container is absorbed by the unsized inner stratum, the hard Sized outer stratum acting to prevent such moisture from permeating the paper.

5. A package for baked goods and the like comprising a pressed paper container in the form of a plate or dish having a substantially unsized stratum on its inner side whereby the moisture 0f condensation resulting from the cooling or' 100 baked goods placed therein while hot is absorbed, the container having an outer hard-sized moisture-resisting stratum.

6. A package for baked goods and the like comprising a pressed paper container in the form of a plate or dish having an outer moisture-resisting stratum and an inner moisture-absorbing stratum whereby the moisture condensation resulting lfrom the cooling of baked goods placed therein while hot is absorbed by the inner stra- 11C tum and penetration to the outside minimized.

7. A' package for baked goods and the like comprising a paper container having an outer moisture resisting stratum and an inner moisture absorbing stratum whereby the moisture resulting from the baked goods placed therein is absorbed by the inner stratum and penetration to the outside minimized.

ROBERT E. RUTLEDGE. 

